Combined table, leg, and foot rest



Oct. 31, 1933. w H. -r15 1,933,210

COMBINED TABLE, LEG, AND FOOT REST Filed Dec. 11, 1931 INVEN'TOR.

TIS

ATTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 31, 1933 PATENT OFFICE 1,933,210 COMBINED T ABLE, LEG, ANDFOOT REST William H. Curtis, Peru, Ind.

Application December 11, 1931 Serial N0. 580,346

a s Claims. (01. 45- 31) My invention relates to a table supported by astandard and having pivotally mounted and vertically adjustable leg andfoot rests on the opposite sides of said standard. 5 The object of myinvention is to provide simple, eflicient, convenient and economicalmeans for supporting and resting the feet and legs in various adjustedpositions and particularly in connection with a table while the user isoccupying a seated posture in front of said table.

My invention consists in a suitable base supporting a standard having atable mounted on the top thereof and which is provided with an elongatedvertical groove upon the opposite sides thereof and having a metallicslotted member mounted on said opposite sides, respectively, and partlyover said groove, one side of said slotted member having a plain smoothsurface and the other side being notched to form a rack in combinationwith a slidable support having a T- projection fitting within said slotand behind said metallic member and provided with a plunger adapted toadjustably hold said support in any desired vertical position upon saidrack, each support also having a bearing on which the leg and foot restis pivotally mounted.

My invention also consists in the combined leg and foot rest one side ofwhich is padded to support the leg and the other side of which comprisesa metallic corrugated surface to support the foot. q

My invention further consists in providing each support with a socketadapted to receive a coil spring and to receive a plunger having areduced end portion mounted within saidcoil spring and having a shoulderagainst which said spring bears and also having its outer end cut awayor notched on its lower side to form a bearing to engage the horizontalsurface of the rack teeth, respectively, and having its upper sidebeveled to permit said plunger to ride over the angular surface of therack teeth against the action of the spring when being'adjusted upwardlythereon, either by the foot or hand. Said sup port is also provided onits front side with a transverse slot which communicates with saidsocket and permits a knurled-headed bolt to be screwed into said plungerand by which the plunger is withdrawn from engagement with said rackwhen itis desired to slide the foot and leg rest downwardly on the rack.

My invention also consists in the details of construction and in thecombination, location and arrangement; of parts as herein set forth andp claimed.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the invention show ing the left foot andleg rest adjusted higher on the standard than the right foot and legrest;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same, the 5 right foot and leg restbeing removed to show its bearing whichis broken due to lack of space;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section through the standard and through oneof the supports on line 33 of Fig. 2, the plunger and knurled head- 5 edbolt being shown in elevation;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged side elevation of the right support with itsbearing partly broken away; and

Fig. 5 is a rear or inside elevation thereof.

In the embodiment of my invention as illustrated and which shows apreferred construction I provide a combined table, leg and foot restcomprising, generally, base" 1, standard 2, table 3 and combined leg andfoot rests 4 and 5. The lower end 'of standard 2 is suitably attached toand supported by the base 1 and the upper end of said standard 2 isrigidly attached to the underside of table 3 to thereby support saidtable. Sides 6 and '7 of standard 2 are provided with elongated verticalgrooves 8 and 9, respectively,

and metallic slotted members l0 and 11 are mounted on sides 6 and '7,respectively, of standard 2 and partly over said grooves 8 and 9, asclearly shown in Fig, 3.

One .side of each slotted member has a plain 85- smooth surface 12 ;andthe remaining side of each slotted member is notched to form a rack edvertical groove 9 in side 'l-of standard-2.

Support 14, as shown in Fig. 2, is provided with a bearing 18 andsupport l5 is provided with a bearing 19. The outer end of bearing 18 isreducedto form a shoulder, the reduced portion beingthreaded to receivenut 20 and washer '21,

the outer end of bearing 19 being reduced to form a shoulder 22 and thereduced portion being threaded to receive a nut and washer.

Combined leg and foot rest 4 is provided with a transverse hole 23 toreceive the bearing 18 and whenthewasher 21 is inserted on the reducedend ofbearing 18 and the nut 20 screwed onto said reduced andthreadedend, the combined leg and foot rest is rotatably mounted upon saidbearing ,18. 'As shown in Fig. 1, one side of combined leg and foot rest4 is padded, as shown by numeral 24, to support the leg and 11 0 theother side is provided with a metallic corrugated surface, as shown bythe numeral 25, to support the foot and one side of combined leg andfoot rest 5 is likewise padded, as shown by the numeral 26, to supportthe leg, and the other side is provided with a metallic corrugatedsurface 27 to support the foot.

Both of the metallic slotted members 10 and 11 are provided near theirupper end with an opening 28, the width of which is equal to. the widthof the elongated vertical grooves 8 and 9 to receive the T-projections16 and 17 of slidable supports 14 and 15, respectively. I

Referring now to the construction of slidable support 15, which is shownpartly in section in Fig. 3, 29 represents a plunger which is slidablyreceived within socket 30, the inner end of said plunger .29 beingreduced, as shown in Fig. 3, and 31 represents a coil spring whichencircles the reduced end of said plunger 29 and is received within thesocket 30. The outer or exposed end of plunger 29 is cut away or notchedon its lower side toform a bearing 32 to engage the horizontal surface33 of the rack teeth and the upper side of said outer end is beveled, asshown by the numeral 34 (Fig. 4) to permit said plunger to ride over therack teeth against the action: of the spring when the combined leg andfoot rest 5 is being'adjusted upwardly on the standard 2, either by thefoot or hand. Said support 15 is also provided on its front side with atransverse slot 35, which slot communicates with said socket 30 andpermits a knurled headed bolt 36 to be screwed into said plunger and bywhich the bearing 32 of'plunger 29 can be drawn from engagement with theteeth of the rackwhen itis desired to slide the combined leg and footrest 5'downwardly on the rack. As the construction of slidable support14 is identical with the construction of slldable support 15, a detaileddescription therescrews 37, shown in Fig. 1, and the metallic.

slotted member 11 is similarly held upon side 7 of standard 2 by screws."T-projection '16 of slidable support 14 is then inserted'within opening28 of metallic slotted member 10 and at the same time knurled headedbolt38 ofslidable support 14 is moved outwardly against the tension of thecoil spring 30 to withdraw the plunger 29 out of engagement with therack 13 of metallic slotted member 10. The slidable support 14 can thenbe'lowered to the desired height upon the standard 2 and the knurledheaded bolt 38 released which, in effect, locks the slidable support 14upon the standard 2. The slidable support 15 is likewise mounted uponthe standard 2 by passing the T-projection 17 through the opening 28 inmetallic slotted member 11 and at the same timewithdrawing the plunger29 .by pullingout- 'wardly on the knurled headed bolt 36.

' From the foregoing description it will be clearly apparent that inorderto raise the slidable supports 14 and 15 upon the standard 2, it ismerely necessary to push upwardlyon the combined leg andi'oot rest 4 or5, as the case may be, due to the fact that the plungers in the slidablesupports will ride over the teeth of. the racks but in order to lowerslidable support 14 or slidable support 15 relative to thestandardZ, itwill be necessary to withdraw their respective plungers which isaccomplished by manipulating the be removed therethrough.

It is found by experience that frequent adjustments to difierentpositions will afford relief, especially to a person who is aiiected byrheumatism or whose leg muscles are tired. It is an undisputed fact thatwhen feet are elevated and the person is in a reclining position theblood flows horizontally instead of perpendicularly and the strain uponthe heart is less. This leg rest provides for just such position.

Some of the advantages of my invention are the convenience andsimplicity of the parts and their arrangement relative to each other bywhich each of the leg and foot rests may be adjusted upwardly merely bypressure of the foot or leg on its underside'and by adjusting downwardlyby merely withdrawing the plunger with one hand and permitting the restto drop by gravity to the desired point of adjustment, whereupon theplunger, upon being released, will engage the rack and hold it'in suchadjusted position.

Another advantage of the invention is the convenient location of theknurled handle for withdrawing the plunger from engagement with the rackand for releasing it to permit automatic engagement therewith.

Another advantage of my invention is that each combined leg" and footrest is pivotally 1'15 mounted so that the user can, with the foot, turneither the padded or the metal side upwardly to support the leg or foot,as the case may be, and the construction is such that each support isvery sturdy. 120

As before stated, this invention permits convenient and easy adjustmentof each rest to any desiredpositionupwardly by the foot or leg anddownwardly by gravity when the plunger is released. I

This invention is particularly adapted for use in sanitariums andhospitals, as well as in homes and wherever persons desire to occupy areclining position, such as in reading or studying.

Having thus described my invention, what I i-30 claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A combination table, leg and foot rest of the class describedcomprising a base, a standard having vertical grooves in opposite sidesthereof, a 135 slotted member mounted over each of said grooves,

a table mounted upon the upper end of said standard, a combined leg andfoot rest pivotally and adjustably carried by each 'of said slottedmembers and means for holding said rests at 14,0 various heights uponsaid standard, substantially as set iorth'and for the purposesspecified."

} 2. A combination table, leg and foot rest, as specified in claim 1,wherein the means for holdits , ing said rests at various heights uponsaid standard comprises a rack formed integral with said slotted member,a slidable s'up'port,-a T-projection carried by said support andreceived within said vertical groove and between said standard andslotted member, means carried by said support for engagement with saidrack and pivot means for rotatably holding said rest relative to saidsupport so as to be moved with the latter and tilted to any angledesired, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a base, astandard extending upwardly therefrom and attached thereto, a tablemounted upon the upper end of said standard, a pair of slidablesupports, a horizontal bearing carried by each support, a combined legand foot rest rotatably mounted on each horizontal bearing, aT-projection formed with each of said supports and received withinelongated vertical grooves located in opposite walls of said standard, apair of slotted members partially covering said grooves, respectively,and having an opening therein to receive said T-projection, a rackformed upon each slotted member, a plunger carried by each support,spring means for normally holding said plungers in engagement with theteeth of said rack, respectively, and manually controlled means forWithdrawing said plungers from engagement with said teeth of said rackswhen said supports are to be moved in a direction towards said base.

4. A combination table, leg and foot rest of the class wherein a basesupports a standard and the standard in turn supports a table andcombination leg and foot rests carried on opposite sides of saidstandard, characterized by the fact that means is provided whereby saidcombination leg and foot rests can be adjusted throughout substantiallythe length of said standard and inde pendently of one another, saidmeans comprising an elongated vertical groove cut in said standard, ametallic slotted member partially covering said groove and fixed to saidstandard and having an enlarged opening in communication with the slottherein, a rack integrally formed with said metallic slotted member, aslidable support, a. T- projection integrally formed with said supportand adapted to be passed through said enlarged opening in said slottedmember and slide within said elongated vertical groove and between saidstandard and said slotted member, a horizontal bearing carried by saidslidable support and adapted to be received within a transverse hole insaid combination leg and foot rest so that the latter is rotatablysupported 7 relative to said slidable support, a plunger slidablymounted within said slidable support and having its outer end notchedand beveled, spring means adapted to normally hold the notched andbeveled end of said plunger in engagement with said rack, and a knurledheaded bolt fixed to said plunger and slidably mounted within saidslidable support, substantially as described and for the purposes setforth.

5. In a device of the class described, a base, a standard havingvertical grooves in opposite sides thereof, a combined leg and foot restpivotally and adjustably carried by each of said slotted members andmeans for holding said rests at various heights upon said standard,substantially as set forth and for the purposes specified.

6. In a deviceof the class described, a base, a standard mounted on saidbase, a vertical adjustable support carried by said standard, means forholding said supports at various heights upon said standard, and acombined leg and foot rest pivotally mounted in said support wherebysaid rest may be readily moved to any angle desired,

substantially as set forth and for the purposes specified.

1 WILLIAM H. CURTIS.

